COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTE 3133 MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERIM PAKER

Offered to

Marine Transportation Engineering (English)

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to expose the students to the theories of management, organizational theory, and the practice of management in contemporary organizations from a conceptual, analytical, and pragmatic perspective. The course will also allow the students to develop their own framework for analyzing and understanding management as well as exploring and developing their own personal philosophy of management and leadership style.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Apprehend the company by its definitions/roles, its functions and by its environment;
2   Understand through the theories, the analysis and the instruments that structure the field of the management and the sciences of the organizations;
3   Understand fundamental concepts and principles of management, including the basic roles, skills, and functions of management;
4   Be knowledgeable of historical development, theoretical aspects and practice application of managerial process;
5   Be familiar with interactions between the environment, technology, human resources, and organizations in order to achieve high performance.
6   Be knowledgeable about leadership styles
7   Understand how leadership theories are actually applied

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Crew Management and Training
2 Relevant National and International Legislations and Recommendations Ability to Apply Task and Workload Management
3 Plan and Assistance, Staff Assignment, Time and Resource Restriction
4 Ability and Knowledge to Apply Effective Resource Management, Allocation, Assignment and Prioritization of Resources
5 Effective Communication on board and on shore, Decisions Reflecting the Importance of Team Experiences
6 Motivation and Leadership
7 Personality approach, Skills approach, Style approach and Situational approach
8 mid-term exam
9 Condition Dependency Theory, Path-goal Theory, Leader-member Interaction Theory
10 Transformational, Servant and Authentic Leadership Styles, Team Leadership
11 Acquiring and Maintaining Situational Awareness
12 Ability and Knowledge to Apply Decision Making Techniques
13 Situation and Risk Assessment, Consider and Determine the Options
14 Selection of Action Progress and Evaluation of Outcome Effectiveness
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

R.L. Daft, R.L. and D. Marcic, (2007) Mamagement: The New Workplace (5th ed.), Thomson South-Western, Australia.
Stephen P. Robbins and Mary Coulter, Management, Prentice Hall Publishers, 1999.
Heinz Weihrich, Mark.V.Cannice & Harold Koontz (2008), Management: A global and Entrepreneurial Perspective, Tata McGraw Hill 2008.
Pettinger, Introduction to Management, 4e Palgrave Macmillan 2007.
LEADERSHIP: Theory and Practice, by Peter G. Northouse, 6th Edition 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation
in-class team work
out-of-class teamwork

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MD Midterm
2 HW Homework
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge about maritime transportation and navigation at undergraduate level, having skills and competencies, research, analysis, interpretation, verbal and written expression, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial skills and competencies will be evaluated.

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Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The attendance is 70%. Students who do not come to class on presentation and homework days will receive "0".

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Serim PAKER
serim.paker@deu.edu.tr
02323018850

Office Hours

To be announced. (the actual hours are written on the office door.)

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 66

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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